Yesterday, we read the first few pages of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. I know we're not supposed to judge a book by its cover but we can judge from the first few pages whether or not we are able for the rest of it.

What do you, 29p, think? Is it a little too advanced? Maybe more suited to third year? Or are you well able for it? Leave your opinions in the comments below ...

Well i think it's a good book so far it might be a bit advanced but its a good book to read hopefully we will enjoy it ! :)

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buky

20/9/2012 07:35:10 am

I think the book was OK and it has words that we don't know but we can write it at the back of our copy that way we learn new and advanced words for later essays or stories.

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Jamie Brennan

20/9/2012 07:35:28 am

In my opinion I would read this book because its different from the rest of the books I read .

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Karolina

20/9/2012 07:35:37 am

I was really confused about the book. I do not want to read it anymore.

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calvin meehan

20/9/2012 07:35:57 am

I think it is really good and we should keep reading it because we are learning loads of new vocab and lots of new words. It is really good and we should keep reading it.

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Lija Rakauskaite

20/9/2012 07:36:06 am

I think that it is a good book from what we have read so far. There are a few harder words, but if they get explained and we are told the meaning of them then it will help us to improve our English.

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Dylan Byrne

20/9/2012 07:36:14 am

I think that some of these words are to advanced and it is a bit difficult. But I like it so far and I think we should still read it.

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Laura

20/9/2012 07:36:34 am

I think this book is a good book so far. It isn't too advanced and I think our class is well able for it as we are in second year now and I think they're the type of books we should be reading.

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Chloe Steedman

20/9/2012 07:36:51 am

I think this book is alittle to advanced for us. I dont understand a lot of the words.

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Sharmyne

20/9/2012 07:37:03 am

I like the book. I went home yesterday to read the rest of the chapter and I WAS TOTALLY SUCKED IN! I would really like to read the rest of it.

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Alice Tejaya

20/9/2012 07:37:46 am

I personally don't think that the book ' To Kill A Mocking Bird' is very advanced for us second years. It consist of a lot of hard grammar I don't understand and when it's being read out it all seems like a lot of foreign words. Although it is a very good book as others say , but for us second years it is way to advanced.

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Emma Thompson

20/9/2012 07:38:20 am

I think the vocabulary is too hard to understand, it's also very long. I think we would be better off reading an easier book.

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brandon nugent

20/9/2012 07:38:21 am

i think this book is advanced,but were such an amazing class we are able for it :]

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Dylan Vaughey

20/9/2012 07:38:45 am

its very hard to understand i think we should read the other book i now its very long book and i don't want to read it for a year then not now whats going on in the book :)

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Sarah:)

20/9/2012 07:39:04 am

Well I personal really dont want to read it! I think we should read something more interesting like Holes or I am David they sound better. I think that some of the words in To Kill a Mocking Bird is a bit to hard. I think we should read something that the words in it we understand and something we can enjoy :D

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Lija

20/9/2012 07:43:10 am

Sarah I think the other books are for younger children. I read holes about 3 years ago, but we are able for something way more advanced and learn new vocabulary at the same time too!

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Sean Rooney

20/9/2012 07:39:04 am

I really enjoy the book so far and I think we should keep on reading it because we will learn new words along the way

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Joe

20/9/2012 07:39:44 am

Yes I think it is a great book.We are well able to read the book.I think it is going to be good fun to read.:)

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Dylan & Andrew

20/9/2012 07:40:35 am

We both think that "To kill a mocking bird" is a well suitable book for our year. Although we would like to try the first few pages of another book. The start of the book is not to our liking but if we read a few more pages we do think that it will be good.

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Igor

20/9/2012 07:42:14 am

I think that the books is interesting although the vocab is quite hard.

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olivia

20/9/2012 07:43:26 am

i agree with most of the comments the book was a bit hard at first but now were almost on chapter 2 it's getting easier .

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Blathin

20/9/2012 07:48:51 am

I think this would be a great book to read as there are good moral lessons and learning difficult words will help us to improve our English. It also looks interesting and many people say it's a great book.

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Amy Lee

20/9/2012 09:25:10 am

I dont really like the book because the vocabs difficult

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David Henry

20/9/2012 02:48:36 pm

It's a really good book and I think you guys should stick at it, you have a good teacher and I'm sure she can explain the tougher words in it.

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Ms. Cullen

20/9/2012 02:51:17 pm

Thanks so much for joining the discussion Mr. Henry! You can be a guest reader in our class when you're back!

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Mr. Henry

20/9/2012 02:55:26 pm

No problem Ms. Cullen, if there are any words that are too difficult for you, I can help you out also

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Ms. Cullen

20/9/2012 02:59:27 pm

That's very generous of you Mr. Henry. What do you think guys? Do I need the help?

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kaitlin murphy

21/9/2012 04:17:44 pm

2nd years I as a student in your school think you should continue reading as i have read the book and have studied it for my junior cert.It is a brillant book so I think you;s should continue it.

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niamh

24/9/2012 01:37:27 pm

I am a 5th year in the school. I have also studied to kill a mocking bird for my junior cert. I think that at the start its not too good but when you get into the swing of the book it's really intresting and found in my examine there was loads to write about for answering the questions. So i think you's should continue to read this book.

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Craig from Australia

2/10/2012 06:32:35 am

Hello Ms Cullen,
Thank you for letting me comment on the blog. I have never read To Kill a Mockingbird, but it is set as a Year 10 (15yo) text here in Australia.

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Ms. Cullen

I am an English teacher in St. Oliver's Community College, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland.